Downton Abbey 3 ratings & New Yorker Festival transcript

ITV Press on twitter announced that last night's episode of Downton Abbey attracted over 10 million viewers!

The Slate.com have shared a transcript of the Period Acting panel at the recent New Yorker Festival.

Dan Stevens, who was scheduled to make his Broadway debut in The Heiress that evening, pleased the Downton Abbey fans in the audience by describing his preparations for the show—including intense sessions with the show’s etiquette consultant, Alistair Bruce, on the lost art of hat doffing. He also admitted that in the show’s second season, he and Michelle Dockery, who plays Lady Mary, listened to “Matthew and Mary’s Theme” from the show’s soundtrack to get in the mood for love scenes. (“So do I,” said Mad Men’s John Slattery.)

Some Dan fans lucky enough to meet him in New York, have been kind enough to share their photos on Twitter.